From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 30 05:48:22 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E20C106566B for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 05:48:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (mail-lb0-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA3758FC1A for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 05:48:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbon10 with SMTP id n10so3664443lbo.13 for ; Tue, 29 May 2012 22:48:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=BBh4I/foZIeU0BdHinol9F63JM82jXWicNDe+wXAmYQ=; b=OdZCr/xTLV5L0u96dy2qmAFFz4GDMclh3uyJYhRVPy9GyBE4baNrtwi0encsb9VC8d ddR12z0vOdHCvbA3Rl9DEFtCXE2TjMdGWyIPNuyExjLV+6UR3dVm5eYf1PHwlj9Tqjt1 gqp5yCDRuOxaA09XeSGYXQauzIuGClwvsEME/+dAWR6K6dYfiPUcLuS9vvNMW2WnDgGQ E3lipw28oJAvdoBobHuKGqargFZBvNhX4Xgf1+0bGsmW965dyJx1q5Tu5s+5k1oqF/Zz oTEvgmFNdEvCTAKsMG32VlO8Co1VdxqVz+/LsSuhyp+Aetk2I7sCbEP/4UCJlAN2frrV VspA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.148.170 with SMTP id tt10mr11416437lab.48.1338356900399; Tue, 29 May 2012 22:48:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.13.8 with HTTP; Tue, 29 May 2012 22:48:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [174.254.45.66] Received: by 10.114.13.8 with HTTP; Tue, 29 May 2012 22:48:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FC5AFF3.5080300@dreamchaser.org> References: <4FC59ED2.7090105@paz.bz> <4FC5AFF3.5080300@dreamchaser.org> Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 22:48:20 -0700 Message-ID: From: "Brian W." To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmifoTfVnBa+c0KCoemx8EAMD6aEFiSRPb05wBC4Flv0waCWPVbUKBqJTRs8YjDRFew4BXB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Jim Pazarena , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: kde4 on 8.3 and laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 05:48:22 -0000 On May 29, 2012 10:28 PM, "Gary Aitken" wrote: > > On 05/29/12 22:15, Jim Pazarena wrote: > > I had kde3 running just fine on 8.2 on my laptop. > > > > I have now installed 8.3 -and- kde4 on my laptop, and the kde system > > will not work as expected. > > > > when I type kdm (which is at /usr/local/kde4/bin/kdm) > > I get the expected login screen (however the mouse dies), and after I login, > > all I get is a small cli window in the top left corner. The mouse has gone > > dead, and the keyboard doesn't respond, altho there is a prompt in the cli > > window. > > > > All I can do at this point is hold the power button in to reboot. > > If I do not try running "kdm", the normal cli works 100%, the ethernet works, > > and the mouse always seems alive (altho in the cli the mouse is of no value). > > > > Suggestions would be very appreciated. > > I don't know about the mouse dieing. I'm running 9.0 and I've seen that once or twice when first setting up X. You don't need to reboot. Do to switch to a different vty. Log in on that vty, do a ps to find the process you used to start kdm, (ps -ax | grep kdm) and kill -TERM that process. That should get you back to a regular prompt on the original vty. Do to go back to that screen. > > Gary Ctr-alt-shift-backspace has also killed many a stuck x session.